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A brawl involving several players broke out in the Seattle Mariners' clubhouse Tuesday night several hours before a game at Safeco Field.
Shortstop Jean Segura, catcher Mike Zunino and other players were involved in the skirmish.
Moments after center...

The nerves that accompanied Josh Rogers’ big league debut last week were gone Monday at Safeco Field. The Orioles rookie left-hander actually pitched better against the Seattle Mariners than he did in his first start six days ago.
But an offense that’s...

Orioles shortstop Manny Machado apologized for not running out a double-play ball in the sixth inning of Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners, saying there was “no excuse” for his casual trot to first base.
Machado came to the plate with...

Other than a rain-shortened shutout last week in Washington, every outing this month for Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner has been right at the six-inning, three-run threshold for a quality start.
He’s hit that mark on the button six times this...

Before the Orioles opened their weeklong homestand Monday night against the Seattle Mariners, manager Buck Showalter raved about the progress of right-handed reliever Miguel Castro.
Showalter spoke about how Castro had arrived as a hard-thrower — a...

Who's on first? In the business world, a better question is who gets to make first base — and produce the baseballs, bats, caps and other equipment prominently on display during major league games.
As it begins a new season, Major League Baseball has a...

Executive vice president Dan Duquette often says that the Orioles’ ability to sustain success is rooted in player development, that it’s necessary for the organization to draft well and develop players throughout their minor league system.
Depending on...

The All-Star Game will have a Kansas City flavor, just not as much as it appeared last month. And the hometown Reds can celebrate a starter, too, despite Cincinnati's sorry season. Houston second baseman Jose Altuve passed Kansas City's Omar Infante in...

Robinson Cano is back in the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners after serving an 80-game drug suspension.
The eight-time All-Star has a new position — first base, for the first time — and a new spot in the batting order, too.
"It feels great to...

After he kicked Seattle’s behind Friday, Kole Calhoun was in turn kicked in the same spot.
At least that was teammate Luis Valbuena’s intent, the Angels celebrating Calhoun’s first career walk-off home run in the most animated of ways.
The drive — on...

Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano apologized to his teammates, the organization and the fans for his 80-game suspension for violating baseball's drug agreement.
Cano tested positive for Furosemide, a diuretic that can be used to mask...

There may be better teams in baseball than the Seattle Mariners, including one notable, highly decorated example looming atop their own division. There are sexier teams, including the two American League East behemoths who just finished beating up on them...

As Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto watched his players trudge to their Yankee Stadium dugout following Giancarlo Stanton’s mammoth two-run, walk-off home run Wednesday night, he sensed something in his team that he hadn’t felt all year: defeat.
“For...

Giancarlo Stanton delivered in the clutch.
Stanton smashed a two-run walk-off homer to center, giving the Yankees a thrilling 7-5 come-from-behind victory over the Mariners on Wednesday night in The Bronx.
The Bombers have won three in a row. It was...

Free agent Jose Bautista signed Tuesday with the New York Mets, two days after being released by the Atlanta Braves.
The Mets listed Bautista as an outfielder. He played only third base in eight games with the Braves, batting .143 with two home runs.
...

Even if Seattle had won, this would have been a tough day for the Mariners.
Robinson Cano left the game in the third inning with a fracture in his right hand, and the Mariners went on to lose 5-4 to the Detroit Tigers on Sunday when Jose Iglesias hit...

There’s always a lot of optimism regarding each team in spring training, but it's way to early to tell how things actually will pan out.
AL East
Yankees
The heist of the century ensured the Yankees would be back in their familiar position as baseball’s...

Christian Yelich doesn’t want to be a Miami Marlin anymore.
His agent, Joe Longo, told ESPN on Tuesday that the outfielder’s relationship with the Marlins is “irretrievably broken” and that the team would be best off trying to trade Yelich in advance...

Dee Gordon is the starting center fielder for the Seattle Mariners.
No, the former Marlins second baseman isn’t used to that new reality either. His training so far includes fielding a few flies (most spit out of a machine) last week and a visit from...

The tear-down-and-rebuild model — sometimes referred to indelicately as tanking — has become an accepted and frequently successful strategy in baseball in recent years, whether it was the woeful late-2000s Nationals turning back-to-back No. 1 overall...